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Nerve Injuries

MEDIAN NERVE [labourer’s nerve]–C5,6,7,8,T1

Pen test

Ape thumb

Loss of opposition

Pointing index

Positive OSCHNER CLASP & BENEDICTION TEST

If you ask an Ape to pick up a pen he wont be able to do so because his opposition has been lost and he has a pointing index,so just clasp him and do the Benediction test and find that his median N is injured!

ULNAR NERVE [muscian nerve]—C8,T1

Supply ADDuctor pollicis

Book test(Fromet sign)

Card test

Egawa’s test

Book and card are similar,similarly Fromets sign and Egawa’s test is used to test Ulnar N which supplies adductor pollicis.